The day after Edward arrived in New Zealand, The Lord of the Rings officially began.

However, on the day of the press conference for the opening ceremony, a large number of "Lord of the Rings" fans from the United Kingdom and the United States gathered outside the Wellington studio, and they strongly protested against the adaptation of the series into a movie.

Although there are some negative effects, it also adds a topic to the film.

In fact, movies are the same as stars, and what is worse than being talked about is that no one talks about them.

It's not hard to understand the situation on the spot, no film project today would invest such horrific money, and it is also considered the most difficult to adapt The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Regardless of the protests of book fans or the inevitable criticism of the media, the trilogy has been prepared so far, and filming is imperative.

According to Hollywood's conventional practice, even if it is a series of movies planned, only one will be shot first to test the waters, otherwise in a situation like "Cut Throat Island", the first film can bankrupt a film company, and the trilogy will be filmed at the same time, and if there is a mistake, no one can afford it.

Peter Jackson has little capital of his own, and New Line Pictures has relatively limited support for him, and the cost of each part can only be controlled within $100 million, and he can be said to be a model of frugality throughout the filming of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

That's why Peter Jackson cares about a little bit of pay.

Edward, as the role of the elven prince "Legolas", must also be trained in horseback riding, archery, and fencing.

During his training, Edward also made good friends with several other members of the Fellowship Expedition.

The actor of the Emperor of Men Viggo Mortensen is indeed a powerful acting school, and in order to play a good role, he lived alone in the woods for a month.

The four hobbit actors are all lively and cheerful comics, especially Elijah Wood and Billy Boyd.

The dwarf Reece Davis is a strong man, very direct and very cool.

Gandalf's actor, Ian McKellen, is definitely a superb old man, he is the absolute protagonist on the set, and he is also the "Magneto" in "X-Men".

Strictly speaking, these people, including Elijah Wood, a minor actor, have relatively rich acting experience, and their acting skills are definitely above the level.

And what Edward's "Legolas" needs most is to be cool and handsome, which is easy for Edward.

If Tom Cruise carried forward the concept of male vases, then Legolas, played by Orlando Bloom in his previous life, pushed the pulling effect of male vases on movies to a peak.

After the release of the first part of the series, Peter Jackson specially called the crew members to make up the shooting, and nearly half of the scenes were "Legolas" pulling a bow and shooting arrows......

Of course, the character of "Legolas" has high action requirements, not only to be agile and fast, but also to have the elegant feeling of an elf. These must be achieved with a lot of practice.

None of this was a problem for Edward, the only difficulty was to play the otherworldly feeling of the elven prince, especially the clear and pure eyes.

To let Ai Hao play neurotic, crazy, and secular roles, his eyes are okay, but on the contrary, this most suitable place for new actors almost became an obstacle for Edward.

Anyway, no one in the crew was idle, either filming or training.

Several makeup artists immediately ran over to help Edward remove his wig and rearrange it, while Peter stood by and explained some precautions to Edward, who had shaved his head.

Originally, it was only necessary to remove the hair on both sides and issue a whole "moxican", but Edward was too troublesome and directly gave himself a bald haircut.

"Standing on the top of the rock, imagining that there are rushing wolf cavalry on the opposite side, bend your bow and arrow in the position that you think is the coolest, most handsome and most confident!"

Reece Davis, who had already put on his makeup, was standing nearby, carrying his dwarven battle axe, and after hearing Peter's words, he deliberately teased,

"Edward, your role in the original book is not remarkable, in order to highlight your image, Peter specially added Legolas's role, don't disappoint the director. ”

Taking advantage of the free time to put on his wig, Edward turned his head and made a shut-up gesture to Reece Davis.

Cosplay make-up was much more troublesome than its modern films, and it took nearly an hour and a half for Edward to transform from bald to the charming elven prince "Legolas".

"Scene VIII, Act III. ”

After Peter's motion, the reporter placed the sign in front of the main camera, "Let's go!"

In front of the three cameras, Edward stands long on a protruding rock, looking ahead, and Peter gives him a close-up of the Elven Eye.

Edward then drew his arrow, bent his bow and arrow, and in terms of posture alone, he was impeccable in his appearance.

It's just that the camera will never go to the place where it will capture, and the arrow will shoot more than 20 meters and fall softly to the ground.

However, Liv Taylor next to her was still obsessively looking at Edward who was filming.

The prince and princess should have been together, and Liv Taylor, as an elf princess, is definitely the crew's favorite "princess" in this bunch of men's plays.

On the contrary, Edward ignored himself every day, which hurt the elf princess very much.

"Edward, you're so handsome!"

Liv Taylor's thoughts were interrupted by a whisper from the side, it was Elijah Wood and Billy Boyd, who were the most active actors on the set these days.

"yes, that's handsome!" Billy Boyd shook his head, "he couldn't be more handsome." ”

"I'm jealous!"

"Why don't we have such a handsome scene?"

"Because you're ugly in the first place, haha"

Billy Boyd seemed to notice Liv Taylor's gaze and turned to ask, "Liv, what do you think?"

"It's okay. Liv Taylor replied casually.

Elijah Wood suddenly winked his eyes at her, "Do you think it's Peter or Edward?"

Now Peter is not the big fat man, he is still a handsome guy.

"They're not the same type, are they?" said Liv Taylor, shrugging her shoulders without answering directly, "There's no comparison." ”

Billy Boyd and Elijah Wood got together and muttered a few words, and Justie Billy Boyd, who is the age of an uncle, said, "I think Peter should make a cameo role, preferably an orc shot by Legolas. ”

Liv Taylor didn't speak, obviously not wanting to get involved.

In fact, Liv Taylor is three years older than Edward, and Liv Taylor still has a lot of feelings about Edward, who has been very successful among his peers.

In particular, the two live next to each other in New Zealand, come to film together every day, and then go back together after filming.

There is no feeling, that's fake.

However, Edward just doesn't seem to be interested in himself, and it's hard for him to be beautiful enough. Liv Taylor wondered herself.